Apparently Shakespeare invented calling someone "an egg" as an insult, I had no idea he was a New Zealander!

This is strike action the like of which we haven’t seen for over 100 years. It’s shaping up to be bigger than the Great Strike. Good on all of us for taking this action ✊🏼✌🏼🤘🏼 #nzpol

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

Today's video is a long one. It's about my number 1 game at every stage of my board gaming life to date. From the games I thought were awesome at primary school, all the way through to today. My 15 favourite games, and why 13 of them are not favs anymore. youtu.be/eIeqU8H2ro8

the best answer i got for this:

lying in bed every night like Arya Stark going “Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi, Netanyahu” what a queen we have lost

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Another full house! Palmy Drag Fest was more fabulous than ever 💃 Amazing work by everyone involved! 1. Sporty and Scary 2. The Spice Girls with our Deputy Mayor 3. The finale 🎉 P.S. No drag performers were harmed in the making of this production 💀

There should be more pastas shaped like chthonic beasts and cosmic gods.

random allusions to whales

I'm really happy to let you all know that I'm the joint winner of the October Flash Fiction prompt for Flame Tree Fiction. My story "The Coin's Lullaby" has been published in their newsletter today and will be on their website next week.🥰 #flametree

The Fifth Element (1997): Zorg Industries ZF-1 pod weapon system

The Margrittest Captcha of all time.

Just under 4 weeks remaining on this crowd fund If this goal isn't met, this probably won't happen, as I'll have to find temp work over the summer and won't have the time and energy for a podcast on top of that plus existing writing and my thesis www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/861...

I’ve just finished my full-scale topographical map of the Himalayas and that’s a huge relief, I can tell you

Instagram has banned me for the next few days :'D So it's a perfect excuse to post here!! I'm set up at the amazing convention GGWP in Wellington today until 4pm!! Stop by the Dominion Museum Building and come check out all the cosplay talent and beautiful artists ✨🤌

Peacehammer 40K: Yn the cozye glowe of the far future, ther ys onlye warmth.

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes.

Hang in there, struggling artists

This is all authors. Unless we post about our books, you don't know they exist. And unless happy readers recommend us, our books die. And we don't eat. There is no "marketing dept". Algorithms favour the megastars, so they're no help. Anyway. I'm sorry for being repetitive. I have no option.

America is at last getting its own Loonie.

The blow to the heart - 1952 https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/20157

behold my pitch for one extremely cursed dnd campaign

Pure reason / La raison pure - 1948 https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/19891

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

I consider myself a huge Simpsons fan and I haven't watched the show since the 1900s. I just think that's neat.

WE HAVE LIFTOFF www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

you know how there are good christians? i wonder if the good ones should retire it. just keep on being good people, but hang up the baggage. i'm 100% dead serious (www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...)

"The Defence Minister wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies." Orrrrrrrr get absolutely fucked #nzpol

In memoriam...

if i had to see another comic book movie why not make one based on spy vs spy ie ninety minutes with no dialogue and two awful little spies played by gorgeous women wearing cone shaped hats killing each other over and over with bowling ball bombs and exploding umbrellas

I mean who hasn't misplaced their bison?

The fair captive / La belle captive - 1948 https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/19782

What's your favorite Bluesky account that primarily posts about something other than current events/politics?

What's this? We're back at the Palmy Drag Fest Rainbow Fair! I’ll be there selling books (including my latest!), signing books, and chatting with readers, alongside 50+ stalls featuring LGBTQ+ creators, products, and services. 🌈📚🇳🇿💙📚🌎

We design new tabletop games every month! Our amazing Patreon Stakeholders get a mini zine in the mail each month. Yesterday we sent out prints of 52 Pickup issue #30, Turn Crisis, a 1-2 player chess, card, and dice game about agents racing the clock to save the world! Digital version below 👇

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Manual labour falls into two categories: - boring - riveting

Lots of awesome scary monsters and demons and undead cards spoiled for Sorcery's upcoming Gothic set. I have to say though, the glimpses of the non-evil stuff look stunning too. Love the art in this game. #SorceryTCG #TCG #CardGames

Today, something evil has stepped out of the shadows. The Gothic Trailer is here. Watch it first exclusively on TCGplayer’s YouTube channel! youtu.be/2QQCbOyPxy4?... #sorcerytcg #gothic

Why thank you @sorcerytcg.bsky.social, as a matter of fact I _would_ like to build a giant mollusks deck, how did you know? #SorceryTCG #Cardgames

Elseneur / Elsinore - 1944 https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112572

An elaborately constructed book in a box filled with stories and ephemera? In this economy? Fear not. @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social has discounted the boxed edition of Ephemeral City to A$45 (pp) for a limited time. If you’ve been on the fence, now's your chance. www.simongroth.com/shop/ephemer...

Also really proud of getting this shot of a spoonbill and her baby. The babies don't develop the full beak and the pink color until year two.

I just read 3,000 consecutive Neal Stephenson pages and my brain has that slightly woozy affect that comes from exiting a theater after the sun has gone down.

finally some normal fucking people on reddit

Some days are more trying than others. 📚💙 #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity